Electrolytic cell.



A. S. HIGKLEY.

ELECTROLYTIC GELL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25, 1907.

982,493. Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

8 1111c 11 f oz UNITED s ATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHURS. HICKLEY, OF MANASQUAN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO COMO ELECTRICALCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ELECTROLYTIC CELL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR S. HIcKnm', a subjectof the King ofGreatBritain, residing at Manasquan, in the county of Monmonth and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inElectrolytic Cells; and I do hereby declare the followin to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates primarily to electrolytic cells, has especialreference to such cells adapted for rectifying alternating currents todirect, has for its object the heating of the electrolyte to maintain apredetermined temperature, or, prevent the temperature of theelectrolyte becoming too low for effective service, and the inventionconsists in certain improvements which will be fully disclosed in thefollowing specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of thisspec1fication:Figure 1 5 represents a side elevation partly in sectionof a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 a like view of a modificationof the device, and Fig. 3 a top plan view of the transformer shown inFig.2, detached.

I -Reference bein had to the drawings and the designating c aractersthereon, the numeral 1 indicates an electrolytic cell, 2 the electrolytewhich may be liquid or semi-liquid in form and composed of chemicals in".5 solution well-known to the art, 3, 4, the electrodes, one of whichis positive and the other negative and composed of any preferredmaterial for the purpose, 5 a transformer composed of a core 6,preferably laminated iron, the primary coil 7 provided with wires 8, t),to be connected to the A. 0. main lines, not shown, and the secondarycoil 10 provided with wires 11 and .12, one of which is connected to theelectrode 3 and the other to a battery 13 or other electrical device,and from thence to the other electrode through wire 14.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 191 1.

Application filed November 25. 1907. Serial No. 403,783.

1:) is a pipe which passes through the core 6 of the transformer andthrough the elec-,

trolyte in they cell, and contains a liquid which is heated by Foucaultor eddy currents in the core of the transformer and the heat thereofcommunicated to the electrolyte as -the liquid is circulated through theplpe l5. and the electrolyte is also put in circulation in the cell 1 bythe heat imparted thereto. The pipe 15 is rovided with a pet cock 16 fordrawing oil .the liquid in the pipe when heating of the electrolyte isnot required or when it is desired to draw the electrolyte from thecell 1. e In Fig. 2. the pipe 15 connects with the cell 1 near the upperend thereof by a branch 17 and said pipe also connects with the bottomof the cell to provide for circulating the electrolyte through the ipe15 and the cell for heating the 'electro yte in the cell, the heatderived being physically conducted from the core of the transformer tothe electrolyte.

It is obvious that other changes in details of construction may be madewithout (10- parting from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim is- 1. An electrolytic cell, a transformer, means forcirculating a liquid through the cell. and. mechanical connectionsbetween the core of the transformer and the cell, whereby heat generatedin the core of the transformer by Foucault or eddy currents iscommunicated to the electrolyte in the cell.

2. The combination of an electrolytic cell and a transformer, and meanswhereby the waste heat of the transformer is used for warming theelectrolytic cell.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR S. HI CKLEY.

Witnesses D. C. REINOHL, W. PARKER REINOIIL.

